Karin Kanzuki
is a
video game character from the
Street Fighter fighting game series. Karin is a rival of fellow
schoolgirl Sakura and has a similar outfit, complete with
sailor fuku, but uses the
martial art style Kanzukiryu kakutoujutsu instead of
Ansatsuken.
Karin considers herself a rival of Sakura, who defeated Karin when challenged. Karin is from a very rich family, whose motto is "Be the best at everything", and used the family fortune when attempting to track down a roving Sakura to challenge her again. Karin defeated Sakura, but realized the victory was a fluke, and that the fight itself is more important.
*Karin first appeared in the
Street Fighter-based
manga Sakura Ganbaru by
Masahiko Nakahira. Although originally not part of the
Street Fighter canon, she was integrated into the games after Nakahira was hired by
Capcom as a character designer.
*Karin's
butler, Ishizaki, and her
dog appear in her win poses.
*As much as Sakura resembles a female
Ryu, Karin can be said to represent a female
Ken (with her long blonde hair, predominantly red outfit, a rich family and sense of rivalry with Sakura). However, unlike Ryu and Ken (both practitioners of Ansatsuken), Sakura and Karin utilize different fighting styles. Additionally, unlike Sakura, Karin seems to look up to Ken, as indicated in her
Street Fighter Alpha 3 dialogue with him, but wants to surpass him and makes no effort to emulate his style.
*Karin is
R. Mika's sponsor.
*Her name is more properly pronounced "kah-rin", though
English speaking fans usually pronounce it as "Karen."
*In the home versions of
SFA3, her stage was changed from being a nighttime version of Sakura's stage, to a sailing yacht stage.
*According to the Japanese version of the home version of
SFA3, as well as the arcade game
Street Fighter Zero 3 Upper, the name of her family's yacht is the "Queen of Victory."
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